Cigarette dispenser



y 1933. F. J. FLACH CIGARETTE DI SPENSER Filed July 27, 1952 hit Ham; J@5223 BY w 1 j w ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 4, 1933v UNITED S AT S PATENT. o rl-"icli FREDERIC J".FLAGH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A SSIGNOR TO METAL SPECIALTY- COMPANY, OFCINCINNATLDHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO i creennrrn nIsrENs n Applicationfiled 11115 .27, 1932. Serial 624,954.

My inventionrelates to cigarette dispens ers, and particularly to 'acigarette dispenser for attachment within a motor 'vehicle' It is theobj ect of my invention to provide a cigarette dispenserwhich-maybesecured to the dashboard of a motor vehicle, and which willdispense cigarettes one at atime, depositing them directly in the-handof the person operating the dispenser. 7

Another object of my invention is the provision of a cigarette dispenserwhich will be simple to operate, and which can be constructedinexpensively from pressed metal.

Specifically it is an object of my invention to provide a compartmenthaving a springactuated dispensing guide which, when the guide isactuated by the fingers, will project 7 a cigarette directly into apersons hand.

a Most dispensers of the type to which this invention relates have shelfportions into which the article dispensed is projected, the user thenremoving the article from the shelf portion. Another object of myinvention 25 may be readily removed from a supporting bracket, and inwhich the bracketiis provided with means for attachment in some positionof convenient access to thevdriver or occupant of a motor vehicle. r

The above objects and other objects to which reference will be made inthe ensuing disclosure I accomplish by that certain combination andarrangement of parts of which I have shown a preferred modification.

. In the draw1ng:

v Figure 1 is a front elevation of thedispenser. v p

Figure 2 is a sectional view of Figure 1, taken along the lines 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the dispenser in the position inwhich a cigarette is about to be dispensed into a persons hand, theposition of the fingers in operating the device being illustrated indotted lines;

' The cabinetis preferably formed from a blank pressed into rectangularshape and forming a front wall 1, side walls 2, and a rear wall 3; Themetal may be'suitably embossed or decorated to give the appearance ofwood. The top 4 is hinged in position by is the provision of a dispenserwhich means of hinge pins 5. The top may be moved up to aposition-parallel with the rear wall, and cigarettes may be filledintothe compartment in the obvious manner.

- The box or compartment has a dispensing opening 6 with anabruptlyterminated lower edge,and a bottom clearance slot 7 which per-.mits the protruding l-ower'end 8, of an inclined guide member 9 to beactuated leaving a stop between the opening 6 and slot 7. The guidemember 9 curves downwardly and has an abutment 10 between which and theopening I 6 a cigarette drops when the guide is actuated. The upper endof the guide has downturned ears 11 which may be suitably mounted inopenings 12 in the rear wall.

, The backwall is slotted and pressed outwardly to form spaced loops 13,13a, which receive the spaced tongues 14;, 14a, of a A supply ofcigarettes is placed within the compartment, and when it is desired toremove a cigarette the fingers are pressed against theilower end .8 ofthe guide, and the guide is pushed to the position shown in Figure 3,upon which a cigarette rolls in front of abutment 10 onto the stop. Assoon as the pressure of the fingers is released, the guide 9 is pushedforward by spring 17, and the cigarette willbe automatically ejected byabutment 10 through the slot 6 "into the fingers so that it may bereadily grasped,

As far as I am advised, the dispenser forming the subject matter of thisapplication is the only one in which the cigarette is automaticallyejected into the fingers at the time that the fingersare normally in theposition necessary to actuate the dispensing mechanism.

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is j V 1. A cigarette dispenser comprising areceptacle withfupstanding front, back and bracket 15 whichmay" beprovided with a 7 I side walls and a bottom, having a dispensing openingin the lower part of its front wall and having a clearance slot in itsbottom, spaced back from said dispensing opening, leaving a stop portionat the rear of the dispensing opening, a guide comprising a curved platewith its upper end hinged to the upper portion of the receptacleadjacent the back thereof, said plate curving down and for ward and thenabruptly downward, then abruptly backward, and finally abruptlydownward, forming an ejecting abutment at the rear of said dispensingopening by its forward, downward and backward curvature, and forming amanipulating extension by its final downward curvature, said extensionprojeoting down through said clearance slot, the downward and forwardcurvature of said plate forming asupport and guide for the cigarettes topass singly down between the abutment and the dispensing opening as theplate is swung backward, the cigarette restingon the stop portion andbeing ejected through the base of the container for actuation of theplate, and means for limiting the movement'- of the finger, saidabutment and the adjacent portions ofthe walls of the container formingapocket" to receive a single cigaretteat .theopeningwhen the finger ispushed inwardly by the operator and push it out when the finger isreleased.

' FREDERIC J. F oH."

